Carrageenan Iota
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Diffraction Diagram
Fig.1 The fibres were tilted out of the plane normal to the X-ray beam 10° in order to record the 003 reflecrion (0.443 nm spacing). The specimen-to-film distance was approx. 30 mm. Exposure times were 23 h for the (Ca2+salt and 11 h for the Sr2 + salt). The relative humidky was maintained at 75%. Fibre diffraction patterns of the :
(a)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Ca2+ i-carrageenate.
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Diffraction Diagram
Fig.1 The fibres were tilted out of the plane normal to the X-ray beam 10° in order to record the 003 reflecrion (0.443 nm spacing). The specimen-to-film distance was approx. 30 mm. Exposure times were 23 h for the (Ca2+salt and 11 h for the Sr2 + salt). The relative humidky was maintained at 75%. Fibre diffraction patterns of the :
(a)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Ca2+ i-carrageenate.
(b)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Sr2+ i-carrageenate.
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Diffraction Diagram
Fig.1 The fibres were tilted out of the plane normal to the X-ray beam 10° in order to record the 003 reflecrion (0.443 nm spacing). The specimen-to-film distance was approx. 30 mm. Exposure times were 23 h for the (Ca2+salt and 11 h for the Sr2 + salt). The relative humidky was maintained at 75%. Fibre diffraction patterns of the :
(a)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Ca2+ i-carrageenate.
(b)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Sr2+ i-carrageenate.
Fig.2 Fibre diffraction patterns of the Mg2+ i-carrageenate:
(a)The normal type obtained from a fibre prepared under slow drying conditions.
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Diffraction Diagram
Fig.1 The fibres were tilted out of the plane normal to the X-ray beam 10° in order to record the 003 reflecrion (0.443 nm spacing). The specimen-to-film distance was approx. 30 mm. Exposure times were 23 h for the (Ca2+salt and 11 h for the Sr2 + salt). The relative humidky was maintained at 75%. Fibre diffraction patterns of the :
(a)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Ca2+ i-carrageenate.
(b)Fibre diffraction patterns of the Sr2+ i-carrageenate.
Fig.2 Fibre diffraction patterns of the Mg2+ i-carrageenate:
(a)The normal type obtained from a fibre prepared under slow drying conditions.
(b)The unusual type with interleaving Iayer lines obtained from fibres prepared under rapid drying conditions.
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Carrageenan Iota
Linkage :
beta 1-4    
beta 1-3
Space Group :
trigonal P3212
Unit Cell
Dimensions (a, b, c in Å and α, β, γ in °)
(No values are displayed if no information is available or the value is
zero)
a (Å) =
13.73
- b (Å) =
13.73
- c (Å) =
13.28
- γ (°) =
120.00
Helix Type :
two, identical, right. handed, 3-fold helical polysaccharide chains
Method(s) Used
For Structure Determination :
X-ray diffraction
Link to the
Abstract :
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4453016
Reference :
Iota-carrageenan: molecular structure and packing of polysaccharide double helices in oriented fibres of divalent cation salts
Arnott, S., Scott, W.E., Rees, D.A. and McNab, C.G.A., J. Mol. Biol. 1974, 90, 253-267
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